TeamViewer Advises Companies on How to Prevent Data Loss

Conclusions from airbackup Employee Behavioral Study

December 09, 2014 12:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time

TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--It turns out that women are more responsible than men when it comes to
handling critical business data and electronic devices. This is
according to the Employee
Behavioral Study from TeamViewer, one of the world’s most popular
providers of remote control and online meeting software. TeamViewer
surveyed more than 2,000 employees to examine the behavior and attitudes
of American office workers and how they affect on-the-job data loss.

“Salesforce employees collect important data
each day they are traveling, so this must be backed up – even if the
employees are still on the road. This is easiest with an online back-up
solution, which should employ strong encryption technologies since
salespeople often use unencrypted wireless services in hotels.”

The results of the survey came as a surprise to many employees and
employers, including the team of experts at TeamViewer’s airbackup. As
part of a recent blog post titled “Don’t
Play with Fire”, airbackup developed a list of actions to take to
help prevent data loss in organizations.

When it comes to what system administrators and organizations can do to
avoid losing critical data, the article suggests that it’s always a good
idea to make sure that employees understand the dangers that arise from
thoughtless behavior. While written instructions via email, FAQs, and
other texts with warnings are a good start, educating your staff is key.
This can be done by implementing training programs with a real hands-on
approach that also provides a to-do list for emergencies.

“As the airbackup survey shows, devices are not just lost on company
premises but also when employees are on the road,” writes Axel Schmidt,
PR Manager at TeamViewer. “Salesforce employees collect important data
each day they are traveling, so this must be backed up – even if the
employees are still on the road. This is easiest with an online back-up
solution, which should employ strong encryption technologies since
salespeople often use unencrypted wireless services in hotels.”

TeamViewer’s airbackup supports organizations with safeguarding their
business data without the use of an on-premise backup infrastructure.
airbackup uses BackupBoost™ technology, which means extremely fast and
effective data analysis, deduplication, and powerful data compression.
Airbackup performs incremental backup on a block level, so only altered
and new data blocks are transmitted. The retention of all deleted files
guarantees that office workers don’t need to worry if they delete a file
by accident. airbackup also comes with maximum security: The 256-bit AES
encryption works with a private key users generate during the set-up
process to ensure that the data is protected from unauthorized access at
all times. All data is locally encrypted before the data transfer so
that no one, not even the airbackup support professionals, can access
it. airbackup can be downloaded at www.airbackup.com.

Founded in 2005, TeamViewer is fully focused on the development and
distribution of high-end solutions for online communication,
collaboration and remote monitoring of IT systems. Available in over 30
languages and with more than 200 million users worldwide, TeamViewer is
one of the world’s most popular providers of remote control and online
meeting software. airbackup, a powerful cloud-based backup solution, and
ITbrain, a valuable remote monitoring and IT asset tracking solution,
complement TeamViewer’s product portfolio. For more information, visit: www.teamviewer.com